By the end of 2019 Energomashspetsstal will have supplied 1500 tons of supporting rolls for the new hot-rolling mill-1700 of ArcelorMittal Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) under the contract with Primetals Technologie (Austria). The cost of the contract signed in April is not disclosed. The company has started manufacturing 28 rolls with the combined weight of 1185…

NLMK Group, a global steel company, is pleased to announce the opening of a new service center, NLMK South Africa, which will supply abrasion-resistant (NLMK Quard) and high-strength (NLMK Quend) thick plates produced at the Belgian NLMK Clabecq. NLMK South Africa will also make parts of these steels as per customers’ requirements. NLMK South Africa…

Kumtor Gold Company has released the Environment and Sustainability Report for 2017. The report is published to inform the governmental authorities, non-governmental sector and the general public about the environmental performance at the Kumtor mine and measures taken by the company to protect the environment. The publication of the report is a voluntary initiative of…

In January-June by-product coke plants imported 5.67 million tons of coking coals and coal concentrate, up by 17% YoY, with 0.91 million tons imported in June, up by 1% MoM. Ukrainian coal deliveries reached 1.45 million tons, down by 12%, with 210 thousand tons supplied in June, down by 3% MoM. 743 thousand tons of…

In April-June MMK sold 2.848 million tons of metal, up by 0.7% QoQ, including 1.381 million tons of high added value products, up by 2.7%. In 6 months MMK sold 5.675 million tons of metal, including 2.726 million tons with high added value, up by 2.1% and by 7.3% YoY respectively. In particular, sales of…

According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of the National Economy, in June steel output reached 385 thousand tons, down by 1.8% YoY. In January-June Kazakhstan produced 2.32 million tons of steel, up by 2.9% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture grew by 6%, to 1.461 million tons, with 189 thousand tons produced in June, down…

In January-June Ukraine exported 270 thousand tons of scrap, up by 106% YoY. Scrap procurement grew by 12%, to 1.902 million tons. Deliveries of scrap to metal companies increased by 4%, to 1.632 million tons. In June 346 thousand tons of scrap were procured, down by 6% MoM, of which domestic companies received 327 thousand…

ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has signed a contract for the delivery of Siemens STC-GV (160-3) blower for its largest blast furnace No. 9. The total cost of the contract is $13 million. The commissioning of the blower will increase pig iron output and decrease CO2 emissions by 30.5 thousand tons per year. The project presupposes the…

Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts the increase of steel output in August to 1.8 million tons. Pig iron manufacture is expected to total 1.8 million tons and rolled metal – 1.6 million tons. In June Ukraine increased steel output by 1% MoM, to 1.71 million tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 3%, to 1.63 million tons, and rolled…

Prices for precious metals in Azerbaijan continued to decline on July 17, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 5.457 manat, to 2110.227 manats per ounce compared to the price on July 16. The price of silver decreased by 0.0605 manats, to 26.8797 manats per ounce. The…

The Georgian Industrial Group (GIG), the largest industrial holding in Georgia owning Saknakhshiri coal mining company, is ready to gift the company to the state in the wake of the fatal incident in the Tkibuli Mindeli Mine, which claimed the lives of four miners and left six others with severe injuries. GIG states that despite…

Russia’s production of finished, semi-finished, and powdered gold fell by 13% YoY but rose by 26.5% MoM in June, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report. In January-June gold production decreased by 1.2% YoY. Previously, absolute figures on production of non-ferrous metals were a state secret. The figures are no longer classified, but…

Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced the closure of Mindeli coal mine where four died and six injured as a result of a methane explosion on July 16. “I express my wholehearted condolences to the families of the victims in this difficult moment. The state cannot allow the vulnerability of health and life…

In January-June Electrozinc fulfilled zinc manufacturing plan by 101.5%. According to preliminary data, sales are expected on the level of 2863 million rubles, up from 2507 million rubles in H1 2017, and net income – 330 million rubles (252.388 million rubles). Payments to all budgets will reach 564 million rubles. In H1 the company produced…

Rusolovo intends by the end of 2022 to have constructed and commissioned the mining and processing works at the Pravourminskoye tin ore deposits. Investments will total 9.7 billion rubles. Construction of the GOK itself will cost 6.7 billion rubles. The company will also have to construct a road from the site to the settlement of…

Uralmashzavod will supply the sixth EKG-18 excavator to Kuzbassrazrezugol, a part of UGMK. Since the beginning of the year the company has already received 3 excavators. Assembly of the two of them has begun. 3 more machines will have been supplied by the end of the year. EKG-18 is one of the most sought after…